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British singer-songwriter and musician Freddie Mercury has an estimated net worth of $100 million. He is best associated with the Queen, a rock band where he served as the lyricist and lead vocalist.
Freddie Mercury was born as Farrokh Bulsara on September 5, 1946 in Stone Town, Zanzibar which is now known as Tanzania. He died on November 24, 1991 due to bronchopneumonia, just a day after he was diagnosed with the disease.
Freddie Mercury has written several hit songs sung by the Queen which includes "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "We Are the Champions", "Somebody to Love", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Don't Stop Me Now", and "Killer Queen". Among the other songs which he wrote for Greatest Hits album of the Queen include "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "Bicycle Race", "Play the Game", and "Seven Seas of Rhye".
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2003 |
Earnings |
Earnings from Forbes list of dead celebrities |
$5,000,000 |
|
1990 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Upon his death, he left £500k of his wealth to Jim Hutton |
$850,500 |
|
1990 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Upon his death, he left £500k of his wealth to personal assistant Peter Freestone |
$850,500 |
|
1990 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Upon his death, he left £500k of his wealth to chef Joe Fanelli |
$850,500 |
|
1990 |
Asset |
The value of Mercury's Edwardian mansion in West London which he left upon his death to his longtime partner Mary Austin is estimated to cost around £20 million |
$34,000,000 |
|
1990 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Amount left to Mary Austin after Mercury's death was estimated to be around £9 |
$15,000,000 |
|
1990 |
Earning Turned Donation |
Upon his death, he left £100k of his wealth to his driver Terry Giddings |
$170,000 |
|
1980 |
Record Sales |
Sales of Queen's "Greatest Hits" album |
$15,735,000 |
|
1978 |
Record Sales |
Sales of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" album |
$1,670,000 |
|
1976 |
Record Sales |
Sales of Queen's "We Are The Champions" album |
$5,289,000 |
|
1974 |
Record Sales |
Sales of Queen's "Killer Queen" album which earned a silver record award |
$250,000 |